Manicure apparatus.



G. PFANSGHMI-DT. MANICURE APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED 513123, 1912.

1,065,966-, I PatentedJuly 1, 1913.

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CHARLES PFANSCHMIDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THEO. A. KOCHS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MANICURE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1913.

Application led September 23, 1912. Serial No. 721,764.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES RFAN SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residinoat Chicago, in the county ofA Cook, in the Sbtate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manicure Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in manicure apparatus.

Manicure operators are now very commonly employed in and around barber shops and frequently are engaged in work upon customers who are occupying a barbers chair and being shaved or otherwise attended to by a barber. The work of the manicure at such times is therefore necessarily performed under more diiiicult conditions than when at a table, as the space in which her water-bowl, brushes, scissors and other implements of her trade can be placed is necessarily limited.

It is the obj ect of my invention to provide means whereby a plurality of receptacles such as a water-bowl and a tray for holding the manicures implements, and also a suitable support for the customers hand to rest upon, can be firmly supported by an arm of the barber-chair, and at the same time permit a limited movement of the water-bowl and a very considerable movement of the tray, so that these parts may instantly be changed in their relation to each other according to the needs of the operator or the customer being operated upon.

Again, it is a further obj ect of the invention to so construct the device as a whole, that the several' partathe hand-rest, the tray and the w'ater-bowl-can be separated one from another, and can all, whether in association or separated, be removed from the main supporting member or bracket.

The objects stated I accomplish by the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawings and hereinafter specifically described. That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved apparatus secured in place on the arm of a chair, and Fig. 2 is a side view', partly in section and partly in elevation, and showing` in dotted lines the instrument-holding tray swung around to a position over the water-bowl.

Referring to these figures of the drawings,-A indicates a portion of one arm of a barbers chair.

B indicates a bracket base adapted to be screwed or otherwise afliXed to a suitable object. As shown, it is attached to the outer face of the chair-arm A. Carried by this bracket base and preferably formed integral therewith is a vertically-disposed post o having formed therein a 4deep cylindrical socket n C indicates a bowl or basin adapted to contain water and of any desired shape. To its outer face is secured in any appropriate manner a short arm c that has at its other end a vertically-disposed post c in the upper end of which is formed a deep cylindrical socket c2, its lower end being reduced in size to form a pintle c3 that fits and is free to turn in the socket b.

D indicates a tray of rectangular shape, as shown, 0r otherwise. It has suitably connected-to it a short supporting arm cl which preferably extends beneath the tray and is somewhat widened out, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l, to afford a more secure support to the tray. Its outer end carries a vertical post section eZ which has its upper portion provided with a deep socket (Z2. The lower end of the part al is reduced in size to form a pintle Z3 that fits and is free to rotate in the socket c2.

E indicates a hand-rest, preferably padded, on which the hand of the person being operated upon is adapted to rest. To its under face is attached a plate e from which depends a pin e that enters the socket (Z2. This pin and the socket that it enters are best made cylindrical so that the handrest can be freely turned and thus bring the hand that is supported thereon to the exact position required from time to time by the manicure. The alined post members b, c and d are preferably cylindrical.

In use, with the parts assembled as shown, the manicure has conveniently arranged and in close relation to each other a bowl for containing the water that always has to be employed and a tray von which to spread out, ready for the various operations to be performed, the necessary instruments of a manicure, and, supported over both of these a hand-rest that can readily turn to bring the hand being operated upon to the correct position required for the proper performance oi the operators work. In addition to the advantageous feature of having the various parts assembled so closely together and yet not interfering with each other, there are other very decided advantages in use due to my improvements. For example, Vwith the support B- secured to the arm of a barbers chair, as stated, the tray I) can be turned to lie over the bowl C so as to otter no interference to the customer in getting into and out of the chair; it can be swung over or partly over the chairseat when the customer is in the chair and in position to be attended to, and at any time when the bowl is not in use at that side of the chair such tray can be swung over to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, if more convenient for the operator. The bowl has a more limited range of movement than the tray, as, in the construction shown,

while it can be swung on its pintle c3 back` ward and forward to accommodate different customers, it cannot be turned to lie at thel other or inner side of the chair-arm, inasmuch as such chair-arm, or the bracket B secured thereto, would act as a stop against such complete rotation. That, however, I regard as an advantage as thereby water from the bowl cannot be accidentally spilled on the customer. The quick detachability or separation of the parts C, D and E is of advantage in that it not only permits the bowl and tray to be more readily cleaned and the bowl more easily iilled and emptied, but it permits the bowl to be detached and connected to another socketed support Bv?) on the opposite arm of the chair so that the customer can be softening the cuticle and nails of the fingers of his hand at that side while the manicure is engaged on the fingers of the other hand,it being understood that when the bowl is so placed at the other side of the chair as stated, that the tray pintle (Z3 will rest in the socket b which had previously received the pintle c3 of the bowl.

I have shown and described the several parts as carried by one of the arms of a barbers-chair and it is in connection with such a chair that I believe my improvements have the greatest ield of usefulness, but it will be apparent of course that they can be secured to some other objectthan a chairarm if desired.

`What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suit-able supporting member', of a plurality of receptacles connected therewith and arranged in different horizontal planes, said receptacles being detachably connected with each other, and a hand-rest located in a diiferent horizontal plane than either of said receptacles and rotatably connected with one of said receptacles.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, ot' a plurality of receptacles connected therewith and arranged in different horizontal planes, said receptacles being detachably connected with each other, and a hand-rest located in a dilierent horizontal plane than either oi' said receptacles and de tachably connected with one of said receptacles.

3. In an apparatus ot' the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, of a plurality of receptacles connected therewith and arranged in different horizontal planes, said receptacles being detachably connected with each other, and a hand-rest located in a ditierent horizontal plane than either of said receptacles and rotatably and detachably connected with one of said receptacles.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, of two receptacles arranged in different horizontal planes, one of said receptacles being detachably connected with said supporting member and the other receptacle rotatably and detachably connected with said lirst-mentioned receptacle, and a handlsupporting member and the other receptacle 5. In an apparatus of theclass described, the combination with a suitable supporting member', of two receptacles arranged in different horizontal planes, one of said recep tacles being Irotatably connected with said supporting member and the other receptacle being rotatably and detachably connected with said first-mentioned receptacle, and a handrest connected with one of said receptacles. Y

G. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, of two receptacles arranged'in dif- 'terent horizontal planes, one of said receptacles being rotatably connected with said supporting member and adapted to have but a partial rotation on its pivot, and the other receptacle being detachably and pivotally connected with said first-mentioned receptacle and adapted to be swung over or away from said first-mentioned receptacle, and a hand-rest detachably connected with the upper one of said receptacles.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, of two receptacles arranged in dit ferent horizontal planes,one of said receptacles being detachably connected with said supporting member and the other receptacle detachably connected with said first-mentioned receptacle, and a hand-rest connected with one of said receptacles.

8. In an apparatus of the Vclass described, the combination with a suitable supporting member provid-ed with a socket, a receptacle vhaving an arm provided at its lower end with a stud or pintle fitting in said socket and at its upper end provided With a socket, a second receptacle having an arm provided at its lower end With a stud or pintle fitting into the socket of the firstnamed arm, and a hand-rest supported over the arm of said second receptacle.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member provided With a socket, a receptacle having an arm provided at its lovver end With a stud or pintle litt-ing in said socket and at its upper end provided With a socket, a second receptacle having an arm provided at its lower end With a stud or pintle fitting into the socket of the firstnamed arm and at its upper end rovided with a socket, and a hand-rest provided With a stud or pintle fitting into the socket of said second receptacle.

10. In an apparatus-of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member and a' plurality of receptacles, one of said receptacles being connected With said support-ing member and each receptacle being provided With means for interlocking With another of said receptacles, and a handrest supported from one o said receptacles.

1l. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination With a suitable supporting member, of t-vvo receptacles, one of said receptacles being connected with said supporting member and each receptacle being provided With means for rotatably interlocking the two receptacles together, and a handrest supported from one of said receptacles.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a suitable supporting member, of two receptacles, and a hand-rest, one of said receptacles being detachably connected with the supporting member, the other receptacle being detachably connected With the rst-mentioned receptacle, and the hand-rest being detachably connected .With the second-named receptacle.

CHARLES PFANS CHMIDT.

Witnesses:

` ALBERT I-I. ADAMS, W. II. DE BUSK.

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